Government:
1. The governing body of persons in a State, Community, Administration, etc.
2. The form or system or rule.
3. Direction, control, management, rule.
Legitimacy:
1. lawfully begotten
2. having full rights by birth
3. ruling by strict principal
4. genuine accepted standards
Determined:
1. To decide, conclude, settle, to cause.
Respect:
1. To show or give high regard.
Popular Sovereignty:
1. Government is created by and subject to the will of the people.
Individual Rights:
1. The rights of an individual.
2. The rights of all are equally protected.
3. Individual rights in the United States are generally defined as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This would mean freedom or individuality.
The genuineness of a government's authority is determined more by its respect for a certain group of people than by the group's individual rights.
